Military branches Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Security Forces, Border Guard, Home Guard (Zemessardze)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 569,745 (1998 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 446,562 (1998 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 16,594 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure 176 million rubles (1994); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the prevailing exchange rate could produce misleading results

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 3% to 5% (1994)

NOTE: The information regarding Latvia on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Latvia Military 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Latvia Military 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.